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Update: 7 Saudi-Led Air Strikes Hit Saada

SAADA, Dec. 22 (YPA) - The US-backed Saudi-led coalition's fighter jets waged on Saturday seven air strikes on Saada province, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. Six strikes hit al-Jara valley and al-Boqaa area in Kutaf district…

Update: Army Fires Zilzal-1 Missile To Jizan

JIZAN, Dec. 22 (YPA) - The Yemeni army's missile force fired on Saturday evening a missile type Zilzal-1 to Saudi-backed militias in Jizan region, a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The missile targeted gatherings of the…

Update: Coalition’s militias shell villages in Hodeidah

HODEIDAH, Dec. 22 (YPA) - Coalition-backed militias on Saturday fired ground shells at villages in Hodeidah province, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. The militias fired artillery shells at Mahl-Shaikh village and combed with a…

Judicial officials sworn in before President al-Mashat

SANAA, Dec. 22 (YPA) – A number of judicial officials were sworn in on Saturday before President of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat, in presence of Head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Ahmad Yahya al-Mutawakil. The…

Update: Several coalition militias killed in Marib

MARIB, Dec. 22 (YPA) – A number of the Saudi-led coalition's militias were killed and injured on Saturday in improvised explosive devices in Nehm district of Marib province, a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The militias were…

15 Shura Council members sworn in

SANAA, Dec. 22 (YPA) – Fifteen members of the Shura Council were sworn in on Saturday before President of President of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat, in presence of the Council's Acting Speaker Mohammed al-Aidaros. b@m

Newly appointed Endowments Minister sworn in

SANAA, Dec. 22 (YPA) – Minister of Endowments and Guidance, Najib Nasser Awad al-Ajji, was sworn in on Saturday before President of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat. b@m

FM discusses UNICEF’s role in mitigating Yemenis’ suffering

SANAA, Dec. 22 (YPA) – Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf on Saturday discussed in Sanaa with UNICEF Resident Representative, Meritxell Relano, the organization's role in alleviating the suffering of citizens, especially women and children,…

Commander injured in ambush in Asir

ASIR, Dec. 22 (YPA) – A commander loyal to the Saudi-led coalition was seriously injured and several of his companions bodyguards were killed on Saturday in the Yemeni army's qualitative ambush in Asir border province, a military official…